OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Similarweb
Tech Layoff Tracker & Corporate Hypocrisy Database (2020-2026)

Layoffs & Culture at Similarweb

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THE NUMBERS

-180 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,180 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-60 EMP(2023.05)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze; internal recruiters expendable.
  • 🔴
    Sales Development Reps (80%) ─ Reason: Top-of-funnel inefficiency; quick cost reduction.
  • 🟡
    Marketing (Content/Performance) (70%) ─ Reason: Demand generation spend cut; low ROI.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A
-120 EMP(2022.11)

"Macroeconomic conditions"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring frozen, internal recruiters superfluous.
  • 🔴
    Product Management (85%) ─ Reason: Unprofitable projects culled, roles redundant.
  • 🔴
    Sales / Account Management (80%) ─ Reason: Underperforming quotas, market contraction.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
88%

Similarweb has eliminated a total of 180 positions across 2 workforce events.

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